Forbidden Love
Chapter 1
"Please...you've served Riverclan for so many moons. We couldn't ask for a better leader!" She whimpered tearfully. "I couldn't ask for a better leader.
"No." I said firmly, my voice trembling as I gasped for air. "Mistyfoot, I've always believed in you. I've made my mistakes." I said, my eyes growing full of emotion as I remembered regretfully joining Tigerclan. I only joined because of Tigerstar...he was handsome, strong, hardwired, and...oh great starclan you did it again! He's evil! Though, he would've made an excellent father to the kits I've always dreamed of having. Oh Starclan, you knew I wanted to become a mother! Give me another chance! "But you've always stood strong. You will be the perfect leader for Riverclan. Riverclan now looks up to you, it is now your duty to serve this clan well as you have done for countless moons."
"Oh Leopardstar…"
"Don't you worry about me. I am going to Starclan, where I will watch over and guide you and our clan."
I took one last shaky breath, and let my body go limp. Without the ability to open my eyes, I felt a presence nearby. It smelt of a Riverclan cat but...who? Perhaps Riverstar, the very first leader of Riverclan? What an honor!
"Hello?" I squeaked. But what responded to my mew was not as expected. Instead, I heard a whole ton of meows beside me, and then following that;
"Aww she's so cute! She's like a mini leopard, with her yellow fur, green emerald eyes, black dots, ears and tail!" Meowed a feminine voice adoringly.
"How about we name her Leopardkit?" Suggested a male voice. He added on, amused, "And the noisy one next to her Parrotkit."
"Aww, my too little fierce animals!" Purred the same female voice.
What was going on!? I am supposed to be in Starclan, not the Riverclan nursery! I am a leader, how dare they address me as Leopardkit!?
I couldn't even open my eyes a crack, but I arched my back and let out a threatening hiss! Or so I thought, for what only came out was small weak hiss.
"No need to fuss Leopardkit!" Soothed the female cat. She laid down beside me and curled up with me, and the weird meowing bundle beside me.
A moon later, I've adjusted to my new life. My mother was Cheetahpelt, a brown cat with yellow spots. She's Mistystar's deputy. My father, Crowmoon a blue cat with black highlights, had died of a flipping TREE short after my birth. And my brother was, yes, Parrotkit. Parrotkit was a calico cat with brown eyes. I feel like I've been having deja vu almost every day, as though I've been through more than I can remember...
Pumakit, a black cat with yellow eyes, comes to the nursery from time to time to play moss ball with me and Parrotkit, and moss ball is surprisingly more fun than I remember. Pumakit is two moons old and tons of fun to hang around with. She likes to play mouse with me, and is way more fun than Parrotkit who is just ungrateful for everything! I can't wait until Silvermouse has her kits, they'll be so fun to play with!
"Leopardkit! Want to be my deputy?" Called out Pumakit enthusiastically.
"You're deputy? No way! You're going to be my deputy!" I teased.
Pumakit rolled her eyes. "In your dreams!" She then balanced herself upon a rock big enough to hold her weight. "May all cats old enough to swim in the lake, gather beneath my rock for a clan meeting! Today, Leopardkit will be renamed Leopardstar, and we'll both be leaders!"
Leopardstar? That rang a bell. As though I've heard it before, but from where?
Playing along, I raised my chin with pride. "Thank you Pumastar." Shock, following anger, then fell upon my face. My tail tip pointed at the elders. "Oh no! Windclans invading!"
We both let out a playful shriek as we raced towards the elders. We dived on top of there fur, and I let out a fearsome battle cry. "Windclan invaders! Surrender now, or we'll claw your pelts off!"
Bushtail rolled his eyes. "Or what, you'll annoy us to death?" his gaze then grew softer. "Silly kits, we're too fat to be Windclan warriors, they're as skinny as sticks!"
I tried to imagine Windclan warriors attacking, but I couldn't help not laughing at the idea as stick cats being as deadly as our warriors.
Tigerbelly ignored Bushtail, and let her eyes go round with fear. "Please, don't hurt us! You're far too strong compared to us!"
Pumakit looked pleased, and she puffed out her chest. "Alright, we'll let you free this time." She then added on with a growl, "But don't ever mess with Riverclan."
Pumakit's sister, Sandkit, who looked completely different than Pumakit, with pale fur and white highlights, hopped on over to us. "Mama wants us now Pumakit."
~Four moons later~
I've spoken with Silvermouses kits once or twice, but today I was going to properly introduce myself. They were now two moons old, and I've never even acknowledged them! Feeling guilty, I padded over to her two kits, Icekit and Waterkit. Icekit was a white cat with blue icy eyes, and Waterkit had the most bizarre design I'd ever seen. He had a white pelt with blue legs, tail, eyes, and ears.
"Hello Icykit, Waterkit." I said, confident. "I'm Leopardkit."
Icykit said nothing, but Waterkit replied bubbling with happiness. "Hello, hello, hello! Pumakit has told me so much about you! About how you're funny, awesome, and like, super nice! She also said she couldn't ask for a better friend! She also said-"
"Pumakit really said all that about me?" I gasped. My face grew pink. I was flattered! Pumakit was also an awesome friend, I thought of her as a sibling more than Parrotkit, who never comforted or played with me. The more I thought of it, Pumakit was like a sibling, friend, and a mother too me! She would laugh with me, play with me, and cry with me.
"Uh, yeah?" Replied Waterkit, tilting his head.
I smiled. "How nice of her. Hey, wanna play moss ball?"
He looked at me as though I grew an extra head.
"Don't worry, I can teach you." I said, amused.
(Next Chapter coming soon!)